Beware of Vampires and Other Predators

I got a message via Monster France today from someone called Laurent Brouat who has a website at laurentbrouat.com. It was entitled 'The 7 phases of the Job Search' and, being a curious person - and because I'm standing on the edge of a cliff myself - I read all seven of them.

I have to say that I went along with the first five phases of M. Brouat's post - which was beautifully illustrated with a flow sheet, incidentally - because it concentrated on the emotional, mental and physical effects of unemployment that we are all only too well aware of, and described (actually extremely well) the ordinary things that people generally do in order to get a job. Including applying for any job, anywhere, whether your CV is a good fit or not.

So far, so good. I wasn't particularly disturbed by phase six either, because phase six concentrated on the value of networking, and I do believe that networking is a valuable tool - which is why I'm doing such a lot of it myself.

By phase seven, though, I knew I was in fairyland. Such a happy ending to that spreadsheet -but only through the professional help of M. Brouat.

I haven't given you the link to his website (a) because half the time it doesn't work and (b) because I don't believe that you need to pay for professional help to get another job.

There are a lot of people out there preying on the hopes of the unemployed. Don't go there. Agencies are free - and you can do a lot by yourself.

Felt like signing myself 'Disgusted of Reading', but I am (as always) Bill at http://www.therapypartnership.com/